200190 Senior Charge Midwife Inpatient Services

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Practitioner to join our team.
The opportunity for a Senior Charge Midwife/Inpatient Manager is required to join our Inpatient Team and be part of Maternity Services in Dumfries and Galloway.
You will manage our inpatient wards and work alongside our innovative, enthusiastic Maternity team.
We are a small team providing family centred Maternity care to the families of Dumfries and Galloway.
Our inpatient service is a consultant led maternity unit with approximately 1100 deliveries per year.
If the buzz of the hospital setting is your preferred choice, there is opportunity to co-ordinate and be the SCM supporting the Maternity Assessment Unit, which is a 2 bedded assessment area.
The Birthing Suite has 6 en-suite bedrooms with various equipment to support mobilisation during labour, 2 with birthing pools.
The Maternity ward consists of 12 en-suite bedrooms with all the home comforts.
The team pride themselves on delivering family centred, evidence based antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to all families that access our service.
The post holder will work 37 hours per week, predominantly Monday – Friday office hours which will incorporate some clinical working to maintain competency, this will be flexible and agreed between the post holder and their manager.Dumfries and Galloway is a beautiful place to work, live and play; it has an array of outdoor activities available within its stunning countryside location and great transport links within Scotland and across the border.
The maternity team enjoy the benefits and support that being part of a small team offers and enjoy varied organised social activities.
Over the past few months the team has had a picnic in the park with families, a charity walk and completed the wobbly water park (activity course on water).